Science + Technology

Researchers used cryo electron microscopy to obtain the first atomic model of the particle, which is made up of more than 3,000 protein molecules comprising tens of millions of atoms.

The technique that uses cryo-electron microscopy should help scientists better understand disease-causing proteins.

The studies found a link between risk-related terms that Google and Twitter users researched or tweeted about and subsequent syphilis trends that were reported to the CDC.

The new method will improve the ability to identify genetic changes most likely to harm cells and contribute to disease.

The advance could help bring high-quality medical diagnostics into resource-poor regions, where people otherwise do not have access to high-end technology.

Working to upend one of the most stalwart of construction materials, a team of UCLA researchers created a near carbon dioxide-neutral version of concrete.

The research explains concepts that were described nearly 90 years ago but had remained poorly understood until now.

The gift, to support work in operator algebras, extends Masamichi Takesaki’s previous investment in his home department.

The research, which enabled viewing of an enormous blue star nicknamed Icarus, increases understanding of the fundamental composition of the universe, said UCLA’s Tommaso Treu, co-author of the study.

The statistical analysis software the researchers have designed is more precise and reliable than previous methods.

The findings of this study could lead to the creation of new treatments for speech problems in people, including children with autism.

Hundreds of alumni and friends recently toured the new building, which is the sixth in the engineering school’s complex.

Housed inside the California NanoSystems Institute, Magnify helps startups succeed by providing access to equipment and entrepreneurial networking.

UCLA undergraduates in the Rocket Project have become science and engineering ambassadors at Los Angeles-area schools.

UCLA chemistry professor helped develop Erleada, which was recently approved by the FDA for treating an especially lethal form of prostate cancer.

These “superlattices” could lead to improved and new classes of electronics, from transistors to LEDs.

The gift will help establish a graduate fellowship and name a dedicated study space for chemistry and biochemistry students.

The advance shows great promise for helping the body’s immune system seek out and destroy cancer cells.

In experiments the device produced 30 percent better capacitance — the measure of a device’s ability to store an electric charge — for its mass compared to the best available electrode made from similar materials.

UCLA professor of musicology David MacFadyen is a champion of blockchain and how it could influence the future study and scholarship in arts and literature.

UCLA is tied for third in the number of people honored this year by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which selects early-career scientists who are rising stars of science.

Their technique would enable an average biochemistry laboratory to make its own sequences for only about $2 per gene, far less than the $50 to $100 per gene commercial vendors charge.

Hong shares what it was like to run a leg in the torch relay for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and the future of robot athletics.

“This technology is a game-changer for us drug discovery scientists,” said Robert Damoiseaux, a UCLA professor of molecular and medical pharmacology.

A ‘buffering effect’ of two key regions shielded some study participants from the symptoms of depression, a new study by UCLA psychologists has found.